Benin's President Patrice Talon has ordered an investigation after attacks that killed some 15 people in the north of the country, the government announced, denouncing "criminal" acts.
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Dakar has announced that it has evacuated around twenty Senegalese and Bissau-Guineans from Sudan, a country plunged for two weeks into fighting between armed groups which has led to the massive evacuation of foreign nationals.
"The diamond needs to come to South Africa. It needs to be a sign of our pride, our heritage, and our culture,"
The Cameroonian basketball star reacted to winning the 2022-23 NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) award
Burkina Faso's defence minister on Wednesday denounced what he said was an "international coalition" lined up against his country and alleged there had been violations of the country's air space.
Torrential rains have swept through Rwanda's Western, Southern and Northern provinces destroying homes and causing landslides
The first group of Nigerian evacuees from Sudan arrived in Abuja on Wednesday evening
In seven of them - Somalia, Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Haiti, Nigeria, South Sudan and Yemen - people faced starvation and death.
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates that up to 800,000 people may leave Sudan, and many more will want to but be unable to.
On World Press Freedom Day Reporters Without Borders says the Sahel region is in danger of becoming "Africa's biggest news blackout zone".
